Locker apparatus

A locker apparatus comprising:

• a box capable of accommodating luggage therein;
• a door configured to open and close the box;
• a locking device configured to unlockably lock the door;
• an operation unit configured to receive an operation by a user;
• and
• a control device configured to control the locking device in response to an operation on the operation unit by the user, wherein
• the operation unit includes an authentication member configured to authenticate the user,
• the control device is configured to lock the locking device in order to lock the door into a closed state except when the luggage is deposited in the box and when the luggage is taken out from the box,
• the operation unit includes a reopening door button that can be operated by the user in order to give an instruction to reopen the door,
• when the reopening door button is operated within a predetermined time after the luggage is deposited in the box, the door is closed, and the locking device is locked once, the control device unlocks the locking device, on a condition that authentication of the user by the authentication member is established, in order to permit the door to be reopened, and locks the locking device again when the door is closed thereafter,
• the operation unit includes a display unit configured to display at least one of a virtual button, an illustration of a locker apparatus, and a text,
• the control device is configured to cause a screen of the display unit to sequentially transition from a standby screen in response to an operation on the virtual button by the user,
• as the virtual button, a deposit button that is operated by the user when the user deposits the luggage in the box, a take-out button that is operated by the user when the user takes out the luggage from the box, and the reopening door button are displayed on the standby screen,
• the reopening door button is a button that is operated by the user when the user redeposits the luggage in the box, not when the user takes out the luggage from the box, and
• on the standby screen, the deposit button and the take-out button are displayed side by side, and the reopening door button is placed adjacent to an upper side of the take-out button and is smaller in size than the take-out button.